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...change how they treat teenagers says The Open University's Honorary Associate in Sleep, Circadian and Memory Neuroscience, Dr Paul Kelley...In societies the world over, teenagers are blamed for staying up late, then struggling to wake up in the morning. While it’s true that plenty of teenagers (like many adults) do have bad bedtime habits, researchers have long since...

...changing experiences of later life, asking how connection, home and technology shape our ability to age on our own terms...The World Health Organisation rightly says that ‘Longer lives are one of our most remarkable collective achievements. Advances in social and economic development as well as in health have lowered mortality rates, particularly among older people,...

...changes as we age, but are there any ways we can improve our memory and thinking skills? This article explores...Ageing brings about age-related decline to all our organs and that includes our brain. Our brain is in a sense a central computer where everything that is happening in our bodies and minds gets processed (read more in our article The ageing brain: 'use it or...

...changes that might be already happening in our body polymorbidity and resulting polypharmacy may be something our body finds difficult to deal with as we age. [Senior woman holding some medicine ] The most important age-related changes for us to highlight today are decrease in basic metabolic rate and decrease in blood flow naturally occurring with ageing as well as...